Luke 15:8-10
The Parable
“’Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it? And when she has found it, she calls her friends and neighbors together, saying, “Rejoice with me, for I have found the piece which I lost!” Likewise, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.’”
Lesson
We are of value to God; He takes great care to try to bring us back to Him; it’s not His will that one of us be lost, “’Do I have any pleasure in the death of the wicked,’ declares the Lord GOD, ‘rather than that he should turn from his ways and live?’...’For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone who dies,’ declares the Lord GOD. ‘Therefore, repent and live.’” Ezekiel 18:23, 32. And when that man is reconciled to Him, the angels rejoice.